Re-map print queues for clients with powershell

Question

We reinstalled printer queues (share printer name is the same as before) and drivers on server, 99% users can't print properly, is a way to re-map print queues for all clients with PowerShell equivalent to remove and map again?

Answer 1

Hi Brent,
To re-map all of the printers, please check this script written by Boe Prox:
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Logon Script to migrate printer mapping
.DESCRIPTION
Logon Script to migrate printer mappings
.NOTES
Author: Boe Prox
Create: 09 NOV 2012
Modified:
Version 1.0 - Initial Script Creation
1.1 Added Header Text for CSV file
#>
Param (
$newPrintServer = "Server2",
$PrinterLog = "\\LogSVR\PrintMigration$\PrintMigration.csv"
<#
#Header for CSV log file:
"COMPUTERNAME,USERNAME,PRINTERNAME,RETURNCODE-ERRORMESSAGE,DATETIME,STATUS" |
Out-File -FilePath $PrinterLog -Encoding ASCII
#>
Try {
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Checking for printers mapped to old print server" -f $Env:USERNAME)
$printers = @(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "SystemName='\\\\Server1'" -ErrorAction Stop)
If ($printers.count -gt 0) {
ForEach ($printer in $printers) {
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Replacing with new print server name: {1}" -f $Printer.Name,$newPrintServer)
$newPrinter = $printer.Name -replace "Server1",$newPrintServer
$returnValue = ([wmiclass]"Win32_Printer").AddPrinterConnection($newPrinter).ReturnValue
If ($returnValue -eq 0) {
"{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}" -f $Env:COMPUTERNAME,
$env:USERNAME,
$newPrinter,
$returnValue,
(Get-Date),
"Added Printer" | Out-File -FilePath $PrinterLog -Append -Encoding ASCII
Write-Verbose ("{0}: Removing" -f $printer.name)
$printer.Delete()
"{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}" -f $Env:COMPUTERNAME,
$env:USERNAME,
$printer.Name,
$returnValue,
(Get-Date),
"Removed Printer" | Out-File -FilePath $PrinterLog -Append -Encoding ASCII
} Else {
Write-Verbose ("{0} returned error code: {1}" -f $newPrinter,$returnValue) -Verbose
"{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}" -f $Env:COMPUTERNAME,
$env:USERNAME,
$newPrinter,
$returnValue,
(Get-Date),
"Error Adding Printer" | Out-File -FilePath $PrinterLog -Append -Encoding ASCII
} Catch {
"{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}" -f $Env:COMPUTERNAME,
$env:USERNAME,
"WMIERROR",
$_.Exception.Message,
(Get-Date),
"Error Querying Printers" | Out-File -FilePath $PrinterLog -Append -Encoding ASCII
Quote from:
Use a PowerShell Logon Script To Update Printer Mappings
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